Smelchak class Battleship

Smelchak class Battleship
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: BP Pocket Battleship
Category	BCS
Size	200,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	TBD
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	TBD
Jump	J-4
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	2000
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	1,386 (including 400 Marines)
Officers	90
Enlisted	896
Marines	400
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	47 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Price
Cost	MCr164,528.376 (base) MCr131,622.701 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	No information yet available.
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Era	1105
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Smelchak class Battleship is a heavy warship.

It is a military ship and a Battleship.

Description (Specifications)

The Smelchak class Battleship is constructed for the Imperial Navy and examples of the class may be encountered across the Third Imperium. It carries almost a battalion of marines, all equipped with assault drop capsules. The flight section includes two cutters and two ship's boats. A single squadron of ten heavy 50-Ton fighters is carried for overwatch and CAS. There is a frozen watch to replace crew losses.

Basic Ship Characteristics

Following the Imperial Navy and IISS Universal Ship Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here. The small craft factor indicates the number of squadrons (of ten craft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (thousands of tons) where necessary. ^[1]

**Basic Ship Characteristics** ^[2]
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage	The Smelchak class is constructed using a 200,000 Ton hull built in a generally Conical configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving fair atmospheric performance that is further enhanced by its onboard gravitic systems. There are multiple airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors. The vessel has hardened and contoured ventral surfaces, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x1,386 personnel, including x400 Marines. x90 Officers, plus x26 Marine Officers. x896 Enlisted. Accommodations There are 693 Staterooms. All quarters are double occupancy. There are 918 Low Berths: these hold the Frozen Watch. The low berths are tended by the vessel's medical staff. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There are multiple emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-4 6-G acceleration Power Plant-9 18,000-EPs Agility-6 The vessel mounts a Jump-4 drive, a Maneuver-6 drive, and a Power Plant-9, giving performance of Jump-4 and 6-G acceleration. The ship has an Agility rating of 6. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-4 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive utilizes a hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/9fib computer: the vessel has a backup Model/9fib computer. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5.	Hardpoints	2,000 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Smelchak class is: x1 Type J spinal Meson Gun. x10 triple Beam Laser turrets, typically grouped into one battery of 10 linked turrets. x10 dual Fusion Gun turrets, typically grouped into one battery of 10 linked turrets. x1 100-Ton bay, mounting a Particle Accelerator. x187 50-Ton bays, mounting Heavy Missile Launchers.
7.	Defenses	The hull is plated, structurally reinforced, and built with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 9. x90 triple Sandcaster turrets, typically grouped into nine batteries of 10 linked turrets. The vessel is fitted with a nuclear damper unit. The vessel is fitted with a meson screen generator. x1 100-Ton bay, mounting a Repulsor.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x10 50-Ton Heavy Fighters. x2 30-Ton Ship's Boats. x2 50-Ton Cutters. The subcraft are housed in dedicated hangers: the hangers can be sealed and have a total volume of 858 Tons. Drop Capsules There are 40 Drop Capsule tubes and their associated loading equipment. There is dedicated holding space containing an additional 360 Drop Capsules.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 98,000 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr164,528.376 Architects Fee: MCr1,645.284
11.	Construction Time	224 weeks (52 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 47.0 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Smelchak class Battleship is constructed for the Imperial Navy and examples of the class may be encountered within Imperial territory and beyond its borders.

Class Members

The Kishkii – a ship that served throughout the Rebellion. It was infected by Virus and became a "Vampire" vessel.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Ship - Warship - Pocket Battleship:

Type BP class Pocket Battleship

References & Contributors / Sources

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CT Book 5 "High Guard", GDW, 1980. (Design protocols used)
Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science

↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[1] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

[2] Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.

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